加拉太书4:12-18
12弟兄们，我劝你们要象我一样，因为我也象你们一样。你们一点没有亏负我。13你们知道我头一次传福音给你们，是因为身体有疾病。14你们为我身体的缘故受试炼，没有轻看我，也没有厌弃我。反倒接待我，如同神的使者，如同基督耶稣。15你们当日所夸的福气在哪里呢？那时你们若能行，就是把自己的眼睛剜出来给我，也都情愿。这是我可以给你们作见证的。16如今我将真理告诉你们，就成了你们的仇敌吗？17那些人热心待你们，却不是好意，是要离间（原文作把你们关在外面）你们，叫你们热心待他们。18在善事上，常用热心待人，原是好的，却不单我与你们同在的时候才这样。
12Dear brothers and sisters,#4:12 Greek brothers; also in 4:28, 31. I plead with you to live as I do in freedom from these things, for I have become like you Gentiles—free from those laws.You did not mistreat me when I first preached to you. 13Surely you remember that I was sick when I first brought you the Good News. 14But even though my condition tempted you to reject me, you did not despise me or turn me away. No, you took me in and cared for me as though I were an angel from God or even Christ Jesus himself. 15Where is that joyful and grateful spirit you felt then? I am sure you would have taken out your own eyes and given them to me if it had been possible. 16Have I now become your enemy because I am telling you the truth? 17Those false teachers are so eager to win your favor, but their intentions are not good. They are trying to shut you off from me so that you will pay attention only to them. 18If someone is eager to do good things for you, that’s all right; but let them do it all the time, not just when I’m with you.
